Practice Manager

The World Bank Group is a unique global partnership of five institutions driven by a bold vision to create a world free of poverty on a livable planet. As one of the largest sources of funding and knowledge for developing countries, we help solve the world’s greatest development challenges. When you join the World Bank Group, you become part of a dynamic, diverse organization with 189 member countries and more than 120 offices worldwide. We work with public and private sector partners, invest in groundbreaking projects, and use data, research, and technology to bring tangible and transformative change around the globe. For more information, visit www.worldbankgroup.com. Regional Context The Middle East and North Africa, Afghanistan, and Pakistan Region serves twenty two countries across different income groups, of which fourteen are active/potentially active IBRD/IDA borrowers, with a total of 251 projects and over $51 bn in total commitment. Eight are users of the Region's non-lending services, mostly on a reimbursable basis. The mission of the region is to foster sustainable growth with a focus on job creation and poverty reduction, economic and social inclusion, and good governance. The region attaches importance to creating a supportive work environment based on the values of teamwork, transparency, trust, and client service, underlined by professional excellence. The region also places high value on diversity. With an expanded regional strategy, the World Bank aims to help the region weather the current crises, move from stabilization to transformation, unlock its vast economic potential of youth and women, develop its human capital to adapt to global megatrends, and foster innovation ( https://www.worldbank.org/en/region/mena ) . VPU Context: PROSPERITY VICE PRESIDENCY The Prosperity Vice Presidency is one of the World Bank Group’s five verticals, with a mandate that emphasizes “Growth, Finance, and Institutions for all.” Our approach leverages data-driven analysis and combines expertise from both the public and private sectors, together with International Finance Corporation (IFC). The Prosperity Vice Presidency supports clients in advancing evidence-based structural reforms to establish the foundations for inclusive and sustainable growth in the thematic areas of macro-fiscal policy; financial sector resilience, access, and deepening; private sector development, trade, and competitiveness; and governance and public sector reform, including statistical capacity. Unit Context: The MENAAP Finance, Competitiveness and Investment (FCI) Global Practice combines expertise in the financial sector with expertise in private sector development to foster private sector led growth and help create markets in client countries. FCI’s core lines of business are: (a) Financial Stability Integrity; (b) Financial Inclusion, Infrastructure Access; (c) Long-Term Finance; (d) Crisis and Disaster Risk Finance; (e) Markets, Competition and Technology; and (g) Investment Climate, SME and Enterprise Development. For more information, please visit https://www.worldbank.org/en/about/unit/fci The MENAAP Prosperity Department is seeking a Practice Manager to lead one of the MENAAP FCI units. EMAF2 counts 33 staff based in MENAAP countries and Washington DC. It covers five CMUs which include a very diverse range of countries. The team manages an active portfolio of lending operations and ASAs, including Reimbursable Advisory Services (RAS) that have particular importance in GCC countries and currently include activities in five GCC countries. The team focuses on financial inclusion with particular attention to digital financial services, financial stability and integrity, climate finance, broad range of investment climate issues, including sector specific constraints, competition, SOE reforms, entrepreneurship and innovation, clusters development, with overall objectives of creating jobs and increasing private sector investments. Duties and accountabilities: Solutions and Results to Clients •Leads the team to deliver the WBG, MENAAP Vice Presidency and Prosperity Vice Presidency key strategic priorities and, in collaboration with Division Directors, ensures alignment with the WBG Strategy, notably on Knowledge Bank, and Country Partnership Frameworks. •Draws on thought leadership and implementation know-how to ensure high impact multi-sectoral solutions. •Builds and maintains a balanced portfolio of innovative, cost-effective, and demand-driven products and services. •Works in partnership with other managers, as well as public and private stakeholders, to find tailored and holistic solutions to complex development challenges. •Accountable for delivering high-quality and timely results. People Talent Management •Models exemplary WBG leadership values and managerial behaviors and reinforces these qualities in own team and staff. •Drives and inspires technical excellence within the team and the Global Department by creating an environment of learning and innovation that attracts and develops the best talent reflective of the diversity of our clients. •Supports Global Department management in developing and implementing appropriate strategies for global staffing, deployment, talent, and performance management. Knowledge Management •Ensures that the Global Departments are at the forefront of the development debate and contributes to the global dialogue in the area of expertise of the Financial Services and/or Trade, Competition and Business Directorate. •Ensures timely flow and capture of knowledge and expertise so that clients receive the highest quality support and knowledge they need, when and where they need it. •Promotes innovative and cross-cutting research, as well as the dissemination of technical and experiential knowledge and learning. •Instills a culture of evidence-based, yet client tailored engagement for highest development impact. Resource Management •In consultation with relevant stakeholders within the WBG, decides on the best use of internal and external resources for maximum client and developmental impact. •Is accountable for delivering the agreed upon work program through cost-effective use of resources (human and budget) within the agreed parameters and in compliance with internal controls and policies and ensures timely delivery and overall quality of outputs.